Improvement in machine for finishing spokes



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WILLIAM I. LHALE, 0F IONIA,`MIGHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND H. MILLER, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 98,955, dated January 18, 1870;

IMPROVEMENT INv MACHINE FOR FINISHINIG SPOKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

the tenons on spokes, ready to drive intoV the hub oi wagon-wheels.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the .annexed drawings, in which- Figure'l is a side view, and

Figure 2, a plan view.v

A represents the bed of the machine, made of 4any suitable material, and of any dimensions desired.

On the bed A is secured a bar, B,ot"suitable length, which is, for one half its length', twice as thick as the other halt. The narrower portion of the bar B is bev- -elled or inclined'on the under side, as seen in tig. 1.

On the bed A is placed ,another similar bar, B', which can be moved closer to `or further from the bar B, by means ot' a projection`0, on the outsideoi the bar B', which has elongated slots, through which a bolt is passed, and thus seeming the bar B at any desired distance from the bar `B, on thebed A.`

On the inner side of the bars B B', near the end of the narrower portion of the same, are,'dovetailed in, small pieces a a, which are hollowed out on their inner sides, and thus the narrow portions of the bars B B form a spring and clasp, to hold the spoke rm in its place. 4

To the thicker ends of the bars B B' are connected two bars D D, by means of a circle joint andrlip b.

The shoulder on the lip rests against the shoulder on the spoke S, andholds the spoke in place.

Thev bars I) Dare raised orrlowered by means'o` screws d, in the bed-piece, so as to give the spoke the desired bevel.

The spoke S rests on a screw, e, between the jaws or bars BB', which screw is raised or lowered at will, to make the tenori, any width desired.

Under the spring-clasp the Spoke rests on another screw, j; to give the tenon the desired dish or pitch i in the wheel. By the adjustment of' the jaw B', the

tenon can be made any thickness desired.

The spoke is put into this machine, irst with the face-side up, resting on the screws e f; it is then plancd oi on"the face as much as is desired, and then turnedover in the machine, and, resting on the same screws, it is then planed down. to thebevel of the machine. The point is then planed o to the bevel` of the machine, which nishes the tenon.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi v The combination, with the jaws B B', the bars D I),

, constructed as described, with lips b b, and connected by a 'circle-joint to the jaws, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,

I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

T. K. BIGNELLs, EDWIN A. CHUBB.

WILLIAMV r. HALE, 

